Black History Matters Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1359.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H712):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1359, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 30, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0db2d4304ba71f8b3f8bc92d5cc52280d4b633e3113f7b7d3ddd384f36ebe62

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 30, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1359, last updated May 30, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.